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Professor Emeritus Uriel Nauenberg passed away on Tuesday, December 31, 2019 at the age of 81. As a high energy physicist, Professor Nauenberg was a distinguished researcher and teacher with the University of Colorado, Boulder Department of Physics for 42 years. Among his many distinctions and awards, he served two...

An innovative Physics Department committee made up of students, postdocs, staff and faculty with diverse backgrounds and life experiences has earned a President’s Diversity Award for the CU System. The awards, which were announced Dec. 6, are given to a handful of units and individuals annually and come with a...

View the award page The Department of Physics was awarded the 2020 American Physical Society Award for Improving Undergraduate Education. The award from the APS Committee on Education “seeks to recognize excellence in undergraduate physics education and support best practices in education at the undergraduate level.” The department was one...

View the Physics Rankings A new Academic Ranking of World Universities report issued from Shanghai Ranking has listed the Physics program at the University of Colorado, Boulder as the 13th best university globally for physics. The ranking was issued in August 2019. According to the list, CU Boulder's Physics program...